She said that Hunt "has done something bad and wrong, and should be fired because of it".

Labour has called for Mr Hunt to resign in the wake of publication by the Leveson Inquiry of emails between News International lobbyist Fred Michel and Adam Smith, a special adviser to Mr Hunt. Mr Smith quit his post after the revelations last month.

A Department for Culture, Media and Sport spokesman said: "Jeremy Hunt will respond fully to all allegations on his conduct when he gives his evidence to the Leveson Inquiry in due course.

"He is confident that his evidence will vindicate the position that he has behaved with integrity on every issue.

"It has already been made clear that when Fred Michel has claimed in emails to be speaking to Jeremy Hunt, that was not the case."

Fresh allegations emerged last week during Rebekah Brooks's evidence at the inquiry, when a further email from Mr Michel was published suggesting Hunt wanted News International to "guide his and Number 10's positioning" on the phone hacking scandal.

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Hammond On Marr

The coalition must not become bogged down in a complex war of attrition over House of Lords reform, a Conservative Cabinet minister warned today. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond told the Andrew Marr show that the Government needed to focus on issues that mattered to the public - such as jobs